Hearing from God.

　


"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."

Mark 4:23

Hearing from God is a choice as seen in our opening scripture. This is because God is always talking but your ability to pay attention to listen is the issue. A.W Tozer said, God tells the man who cares.

It is important you are able to hear from God because your effectiveness is not just determined by how long you work, it is determined by the instructions you obey. For instance, there was a man called Naaman in the Bible, he came to the prophet Elisha because he wanted to receive healing from leprosy.

The prophet Elisha gave him a specific instruction from the Lord to go and dip seven times in the Jordan river and he would be cleansed. As he obeyed that word from God and went and dipped seven times in the Jordan river, he got cleansed. Notice that his healing was determined by adherence to divine instruction. The instruction was seven times not nine times, eight times or ten times.

He got healed, not because he dipped so many times, but because he dipped just seven times according to divine instruction.

The instruction you obey is what determines the future you create. Decision always decides destiny.

The outcome of your life is a result of the choices you make. So prioritize divine instructions and act on them when you hear them.

Prayer.

Dear Father, teach me to number my days so that I may apply my heart to wisdom.

For further study read:

2 Kings 5:1-15.

Doing the Word.

Be quick to obey divine instructions.